The East India Company began establishing trading posts in India in 1600. The English East India Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company. It was later formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with Mughal India and the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The company ended up seizing between 1858 and 1947. Company rule in India was the rule or dominion of the British East India Company over parts of the Indian subcontinent. By 1818, with the defeat of Marathas followed by the pensioning of the Peshwa and the annexation of his territories, British supremacy in India was complete. The Policy of Ring Fence or Buffer state, British Administration in India however stood in somewhat stark contrast against anti-Indian British law and order. With the arrival of Lord Wellesley to India, the stringent motive of the Company was pretty reduced, with petty states like Oudh, Hyderabad and Mysore acceding to British pressure. This important book is a historical overview of beginning period of British Raj in India.